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Satellite Communications
34 published works
Inside Global Tech
FCC Proposes to Streamline Supplemental Coverage from Space and Direct-to-Device Rules
By Gerard J. Waldron, Corey Walker, John Bowers
On October 8, 2026, the FCC released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at modernizing the FCC’s Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS) rules and facilitating direct-to-device (D2D) services.…
Global Policy Watch
Recent Developments in UK and European Space Policy and Industrial Strategy
By Paul Maynard
Across three days this month, there were two major events providing meaningful insight into how the European—and potentially the global—space industry is likely to develop in the coming years. On…
Jindal Forum for International and Economic Laws
Megaconstellations and the Silence of State Responsibility: Filling the Attribution Gap
Introduction In 2023, researchers at Curtin University detected that 1,806 individual Starlink satellites, roughly 28% of the active constellation at the time, were leaking unintended radio emissions into protected radio-astronomy…
Truth on the Market
The FCC Is Right To Keep Every Band on the Table for Direct-to-Device
Note: Our editor is on vacation. The image for this post and any errors in the body are solely the fault of the author. At its August 6 open meeting,…
Truth on the Market
The EU’s Bid to Nationalize Space
Europe’s latest space policy has a simple theory: To build a champion, you must first clear the field. The European Commission’s newly adopted proposal to reallocate the 2 GHz mobile-satellite-service…
Inside Global Tech
A Single EU Authorisation for Satellite Spectrum: The Commission’s Proposal for a New 2 GHz Mobile Satellite Services Regulation
By Paul Maynard
On 27 May 2026, the European Commission (“Commission”) published its proposal for a Regulation on the authorisation of systems providing mobile satellite services (“MSSs”) in the harmonised 2 GHz frequency…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Updates Satellite Spectrum-Sharing Framework
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order to modernize its satellite spectrum-sharing rules by replacing the Equivalent Power Flux Density (EPFD) framework with a new protection criteria framework that…
Hot Off The Hill
Senate Advances SAT Streamlining Act as FCC Continues Its Space Modernization Efforts
By Kathryne Dickerson, Michael Rogers
On Feb. 12, 2026, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved S. 3639, the Satellite and Telecommunications (SAT) Streamlining Act. This bipartisan bill aims to modernize and accelerate the…
Comm Law Center
Permissionless Innovation: The FCC’s Conceptual Shift for Space and Earth Station Licensing in the United States
By Jodi A. Goldberg, Elizabeth Craig
By Jodi A. Goldberg and Elizabeth Craig The FCC unanimously adopted an NPRM proposing a comprehensive restructuring and reform of its long-standing space and earth station licensing rules (Part 25).…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Closes Investigation into EchoStar
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has issued a letter to EchoStar announcing that the Commission has officially concluded its investigation into EchoStar’s compliance with its 5G buildout milestones, its Mobile Satellite…